Tag: ww2
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Part 5 of the Economic and Social History of Late Modern Malta: WW2 (The turning point)
This is part 5 of the series of lectures on the Economic and Social History of Late Modern Malta. Watch the video below. Other parts also listed below. Lecture 1 found here. Lecture 2 founder here. Lecture 3 found here. Lecture 4 found here. Mark CamilleriWebsite Editor Historian and Publisher
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Today is Victory Day
On May 7th right before midnight, German Chief of the Operations Staff, Alfred Jodl, accompanied by his aide and Grand Admiral Hans Georg von Friedeburg, signed the unconditional surrender of all German forces in Europe at General Eisenhower’s HQ in Reims, France. The surrender came into force on May 8th, officially ending World War II:…
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Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Gabrielius Landsbergis says European policy on Russia has been a strategic disaster comparable to Neville Chamberlain’s appeasement to Hitler
Following Donald Trump’s victory of the US presidential election, the Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs published a statement condemning Europe’s policy on Russia which he compares with Neville Chamberlain’s policy of appeasement to Adolf Hitler. Hitler was allowed to annex the Sudetenland of the Czech Republic by the Allies with the treaty of Munich signed…
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When Malta withstood and defeated the Nazis
Today, Malta commemorates Santa Marija and the arrival of the US convoy from Britain in the Second World War that broke the Nazi blockade and gave a renewed lifelien to the Islands. Malta, then the most bombed-placed on Earth, was teetering with starvation. Having been bombed on a daily basis by the Nazis, the Maltese…
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Can you guess which Maltese politician asked the Maltese people to believe in peace and accept Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini?
Just like today, before Hitler invaded Poland and started the biggest war in history, there were a significant number of political parties and movements calling for “peace and understanding” with Adolf Hitler and Nazi Germany. This “No to War” political movement enabled Hitler’s growth and imperialist expansionism into Europe for the sake of “peace”. In…
